Athletics

South Africa’s Semenya eyes world championships 5,000m place

Agency ReportDouble Olympic champion Caster Semenya won a 3,000m race in a personal best…

Kenya’s Olympics star Agnes Tirop stabbed to death

Kenya's World Championship bronze medallist, Agnes Tirop, has been stabbed to death in her…

Nigeria claim gold in 4x400m mixed relay at World Athletics U-20 Championships

The quartet of Johnson Nnamani, Imaobong Nse Uko, Opeyemi Oke, and Bamidele Ajayi, claimed…

Human growth hormone, the substance that sent Okagbare out of Tokyo 2020

Agency Report The Athletics Integrity Unit provisionally suspended Team Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare with immediate…

Ex-head of world athletics Diack sent to jail for corruption

Lamine Diack, the former head of world athletics’ governing body, was convicted in France…

Kenya’s Biwott gets eight-year ban for failing doping test

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Thursday, in its war against doping, gave Kenya’s…

Russian athlete, Savina, gets 12-year ban

Russian middle-distance runner, Kseniya Savina, has been suspended for 12 years after she was…

Rio Olympics: Blessing Okagbare gives Team Nigeria medal hope in Athletics

Nigeria’s sprint queen Blessing Okagbare moments ago advanced to the semi final of the…